Lamp-shade holder.



1V1. KOSSMANN.

LAMP SHADE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 18. 1918.

Patented Oct. 22, 1918.

I INVENTOR W ffawmawflfi ATTORNEY tnnr snenr. Holman.

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Application filed February is, new. 8er1a1No.217,@M.

To all whom it mag concern: the ends of the frame 7. The holder 7 con-Be it known t at I, MAX KossMANN, a sists of a frame formed of wireconnected at citizen of the United States of America, rethe ends 10 and11, in this instance by a sidin at Brooklyn, Kings county, State ofsleeve 12, Fig. 3. Intermediate its-ends 13 to New aork, have inventedcertain new and and 14, the frame 7 is looped as at 15 and 16 usefulImprovements in Lamp-Shade Holdto form arms to engage the bulb 8. Theers, of which the following'is a full, clear, frame 7 compnises twoparallel side-members and exact description. 17 and 18, saidside-members includin the hisinvention relates to improvements in loops15- and 16, respectively which %orm lamp-shade holders, the object beingto prot e arms above referred to, sald arms bein v1de a device by meansof which a shade can yieldable transversely of the frame. The bedirectly attached to a lam -bulb. One of end-bars or members 13 and 14connect the the objects of my invention 15 to produce a side-members 17and 18 at their ends. As device as above mentioned that can be has beenstated, the shade 6 and frame 7 are cheaply manufactured and readilymanipuconnected by the. interlocking action of the lated for adjustmentin various positions. annular channel 9 and end-members or bars Toaccomplish this result, I have designed a 13 and 14: when said ends orbars are enholder or bracket, in combination with a gaged by saidchannel. The end members or lamp shade, that will obviate the necessitybars 13 and 14 will be sprung into said annuof rivets, bolts or the liketo connect the lar recess or channel, as is apparent. While holder tothe shade. The shade and holder the nature of the engagement of theshade which constitute my invention are closely asand frame is such thatpremature separation sociated and depend one upon the other for of theshade and frame or holder is reventoperation; in other words, the shadeand ed, a rotation of the frame or hol er, at a holder are constructedto interlock and hence right angle to the axis of the shade, isposrivets or the like are not needed. Consesible. In other words, theshade 6 and'frame quently a certain amount of hand labor is or holder 7are rotatably connected; hence dispensed with, which naturally resultsin the shade 6 can be rotated about its axis a saving. while the frameor holder 6 engages a bulb. I will now proceed to describe my inven- As1s evldent from an inspection of Figs. tion in detail, the novelfeatures of which I 1 and 2, the bulb 8 is held between the yieldwillpoint out in the appended claim, refable arms 15 and 16 of the frame 7.The naerence being had to the accompanying drawture of the connection,between the bulb 8 ing, forming part hereo wherein and yieldable arms 15and 16, is-such that a Figure 1 is a sectional view of m imuniversalmovement of the frame can be obprovement illustrated as applied to alamp tained, thereby permitting the shade to be bulb ad uste d to andesired angular position.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the shade and It w1ll be evident fromtheforegoing deholder; scription that the connection between the Fig. 3is a perspective view of the holder; shade and frame is effected withoutrecourse Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary secto any bolts, rivets orsolder. While the contional view, the section being taken on a nectionpermits movement of the shade and line 4-4 in Fig. 2; and holder oneupon the other, premature sepa- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of amodified ration of the shade and holder is prevented. form-of holder,arranged to engage a fabric- In the form illustrated in Fig. 5, the endsshade having a stiffened edge. of the frame, instead of beingapproximately.

y improvement comprises a shade 6 and straight, are formed into hooks 19and 20 to aholder or frame 7 arranged for detachable orm recesses 21 toreceive the stiffened edge and adjustable securement to a light-bulb 8.of a silk shade, for instance, the stiffening As has been stated, I donot employ any of said edge being usually accomplished by rivets, boltsor the like to connect the shade the securement thereto of a wire ring.

6 and holder or frame 7, but connect same at I claim as my invention is:

by detachably interlocking the two together. In combination, a lobehaving an annu- As can be seen in Figs. 1 and 4, the shade 6 lar grooveformed t erein, a wire frame 11a is provided with an annular peripheralredoubled upon itself so as to provide a pair cess or channel 9 which isadapted to receivev of leg members, and an arcuate loop therebetween, anintegral substantially-sexni-cylindrical ofi'set formed upon each legmember between its ends, rearwardly thereof, the loop portions of saidoffsets projecting laterally of said leg members in confrontingrelation, the free ends of said leg members being bent inwardly thereofat right angles, so as to provide a slit 100p portion, a tubular memberin which the slit 100p portion is incased, both of said loop portionsproject- 10 ing into the annular groove of said globe so as to supportthe latter.

Signed at New York city, N. Y., this 15 day of February, 1918.

MAX KOSSMANN. Witnesses:

EDWARD A. JARVIS, MAURICE BLOCK.

